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I won’t disagree with you on your assessment here. Infantry only players are being better catered too and if you’re the full old school Battlefield fan, you’ve seen less fresh new content that makes you feel appreciated.

I can’t change your perspective on the content that’s coming in the next month or so, or the content that’s been released since EA Play. I also won’t ask you to place trust in any words that I won’t be giving you in relation to the Pacific and what’s next for Battlefield - not because I don’t have the confidence in it (I massively do) but because I can respect your present relationship with the game and that you’re going to need to see and feel it to be convinced otherwise.

We will focus on restoring quality. We will focus on delivering content. We will focus on sharing with you where we are on that journey, and then when we feel we’ve reached our goals, we will start challenging you on your perspective. Until then, your feedback is fair and heard...

Neither me or Jeff are blind to it. We will put the information out there with 0 expectation of it changing anyone’s mind - but we will still put the information out there.

We did.

We said it was coming on one date, we discovered a problem and we came back to you all to tell you that this was problem and that it was something we needed to keep working on.

We will keep communicating information as and when we have it.

We presently have no reason to believe that it’s not coming in September and until the day that changes, this is when it will release.

If it isn't, we'll say so. The plan is September, we've been playing it here today at gamescom and folks have been posting their opinions on it online.

A copy paste from the website is below // Please do tag myself or /u/braddock512 if you have any questions

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Hi everyone,

There’s a lot to cover with this Letter from the Front. Let’s start with . . .

The Current Status of Battlefield™ V\*

Our recent launch of Chapter 4: Defying the Odds let us drop...

Strengths are the scale and gunplay. I’d personally like to see better balance on vehicles - I don’t ever struggle to 1v1 a tank (with me as infantry) and that doesn’t sit right with me personally. In BF4 I would be terrified to charge at a tank with C4 but I find it a lot easier on V (and I volunteer this as someone who doesn’t play as a Tanker much - the balance for me just doesn’t feel right and I know that leads to a lot of tankers spending more time out of the combat sitting back and not pushing a lane because it’s just too risky) - completely personal opinion. I’d be keen to see us improve social features too and just make it that bit easier to see where our friends are (server wise) and help people understand what they’re queuing for when they’re trying to join on a friend. For me, I’m happy to just be in the same server but I recognise that for others they’d prefer the opportunity to queue for a slot on the same side.

I think balance should exist in all games but B...

Playstyle is largely flanking. I don’t mind dipping out of combat for 3 minutes to get the drop on a position, but it will vary depending on the map. If it’s an objective mode like frontlines or breakthrough I’ll try play aggressive and do what I can to motivate the frontline to push. Vehicle wise I’ll drive transport and second gunner tanks with friends who I know how to make use of them. Otherwise it’s back cap the quiet flags, fortify and waste as much of the enemies time and resource trying to get it back from me and the squad in the hope it opens up holes elsewhere.

Thanks! It’s odd being on the other side of the stage for sure. I have the benefit of seeing where we are going, and knowing just how passionate the folks who are responsible for making that happen are. I get to play around with all the sh*t that’s cooking, I get to watch as the decisions get made to agree to stop chasing certain tweaks to gameplay and that process restarting to find other ways forward.

Short version - I see the light at the end of the tunnel. As a rule, we don’t take the criticism personally, but we do take it for what it is - Criticism. It’s only personal when the bad eggs make it personal but the mods who own and run the sub are pretty fair with their application of the rules so it’s rare that stuff gets shown.

Big mad sh*t. Having that feeling where when you’re running between flags (I do a lot of hooning around back capping) and whilst running, you look up and just see a mad battle going on in the distance with planes zooming around, tanks knocking ten bells out of each other and the kill feed just chewing up with names. I love that concept that there’s all these stories being told all at once.

It’s different strokes for different folks - I was an active poster on /r/footballmanagergames for years - sub didn’t see any attention or love from SI Games but that didn’t affect anyone’s enjoyment or appreciation of the game (or the sub for that matter).

I think part of the culture that’s been built up here is based around the fact that not only myself and Jeff, but other devs too, are active on the sub. Folks know that we browse and so they’re happy to voice their opinions on topics with the expectation that we see it. I’m not opposed to it, but I’m sensitive to what gets lost in the process. It’s always great seeing memes and daft sh*t being posted up (not to detract anything from the criticism posted), but seeing people enjoying both the game and each other - we all get a kick out of th...

Just as happy to do it publicly. My views don’t differ in private!

I haven't ever threatened to leave Reddit. I've posted a comment suggesting that I'll need to withdraw from commenting on topics where I'm injecting my personal opinion during conversation if folks are going to be unable to acknowledge when I'm volunteering a personal perspective on something for fear of it being misrepresented.

https://www.reddit.com/r/BattlefieldV/comments/c6go3g/despite_recent_comments_by_dice...

Thanks for the flag on that

Nope - not till we're dev final on content for the Pacific.

No?

It's fair feedback. Thank you for it.

Yo - Here's what I can update you with.

Weapons: We've got the Panzerbüchse 39, Trench Carbine and Breda M1935 PG tentatively set to drop during the final three weeks of the Chapter. We've talked about these previously and the intent is still to deliver them during Chapter 4 (in the order listed above). If that changes, I'll let you know.

Maps: Lofoten Islands and Provence are set to launch with update 4.4, which is tentatively set for the end of the of the month. We have both of these maps at Gamescom with us, and we're bringing folks o...

Been having a tonne of fun playing Hunt this last month on the Test Server. Really looking forward to playing more.

Comes with the territory. It's a shame because it goes against what Reddiquette is (downvote if it's not contributing to the conversation), but for some the downvote is their opportunity to voice frustration.

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